Monday, May 26, 2014

Mike Arner, Hitting Spots - 2511

Originally published Jan. 25, 2011

Mike Arner pitched well for the first five innings of this July 1990 game, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune wrote.
He also only gave up two hits. But, in the sixth, he gave up four
consecutive hits, losing a 3-0 lead on the Baseball City Royals.

"I don't know what happened," Arner's Charlotte Manager Bobby Jones told The Herald-Tribune afterward. "I don't know if he (Arner) got tired out there or not. But he was hitting spots and he pitched pretty well."

Arner
was in his second professional season in 1990, playing at high-A
Charlotte. He went on to see time at AA Tulsa and AAA Oklahoma City in
1992. But Arner would never see time in the majors.

Arner's career began in 1989, taken in the 13th round
by the Rangers out of high school. He played that season at the
Rangers' rookie league team in the Gulf Coast League. He also went 7-0
with a 1.71 ERA.

The next year, Arner moved to single-A Gastonia.
In 14 starts there, Arner went 8-2 with an ERA of 2.03. He also earned a
promotion to high-A Charlotte. At Charlotte, Arner went 3-3 with a 2.97
ERA, including a no-decision in that Baseball City game.

Arner
returned to Charlotte for 1991, Arner went 8-8 with a 3.17 ERA. He got
one of his losses in an April game. Arner went four innings, giving up
two runs before hitting his pitch count, The Herald Tribune wrote.

"He walked the leadoff man in two innings, and fell behind a number of hitters," Charlotte Manager Bobby Molinaro told The Herald-Tribune, "but they didn't hit him at all."